Hubble Telescope: Stunning New Image of Tarantula Nebula

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The Tarantula Nebula is the brightest star-forming region in our galactic neighborhood and home to the hottest, most massive stars yet known

A stunning new snapshot of the Tarantula Nebula (aka 30 Doradus) has been released by NASA, from images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

The Tarantula Nebula is a large star-forming region of ionized hydrogen gas located 161,000 light-years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

The Tarantula Nebula is the brightest star-forming region in our galactic neighborhood and home to the hottest, most massive stars known to date. This makes it a perfect physical laboratory in which to test theories of star formation and evolution, and Hubble has a rich variety of images of this region.

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope also recently searched this region, revealing thousands of young stars that we had never seen before.

Check out the amazing picture:

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